1. Abadzis, Nick Laika
2. Adlington, L. J. Cherry Heaven
3. Adoff, Jaime The Death of Jayson Porter
4. Almond, David The Savage
5. Anderson, Laurie Halse Chains
6. Anderson, M. T. The Kingdom on the Waves
7. Aronson, Marc War Is...Soldiers, Survivors, and Storytellers talk About War
8. Baldini, Michelle Unraveling
9. Barry, Lynda What It Is
10. Bartoletti, Susan Campbell The Boy Who Dared
11. Baskin, Nora Raleigh All We Know of Love
12. Bauer, Michael The Running Man
13. Beauford, Mary Jane. Primavera.
14. Bell, Julia Dirty Work
15. Benway, Robin Audrey, Wait!
16. Bertagna, Julie Exodus
17. Bodeen, S. A. The Compound
18. Booth, Coe Kendra
19. Bowman, Robin It's Complicated: The American Teenager
20. Bray, Libba The Sweet Far Thing
21. Brooks, Kevin Black Rabbit Summer
22. Brothers, Meagan Debby Harry Sings in French
23. Bruchac, Joseph March Toward the Thunder
24. Bryant, Jen Ringside 1925: Views from the Scopes Trial.
25. Buckhanon, Kalisha. Conception.
26. Bunce, Elizabeth A Curse Dark as Cold
27. Cadnum, Michael The King’s Arrow
28. Caletti, Deb The Fortunes of Indigo Skye
29. Carvell, Marlene Caught Between the Pages
30. Cashore, Kristin Graceling
31. Cohn, Rachel You Know Where to Find Me
32. Colfer, Eoin. Airman.
33. Collins, Suzanne The Hunger Games
34. Conner, Leslie. Waiting for Normal.
35. de la Peña, Matt Mexican WhiteBoy
36. Dessen, Sarah Lock and Key
37. Dickinson, Emily My Letter to the World and Other Poems
38. Doctorow, Cory. Little Brother.
39. Dole, Mayra Lazara Down to the Bone
40. Dowd, Siobhan The London Eye Mystery
41. Engle, Margarita The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba's Struggle for Freedom
42. Feldman, Jody The Gollywhopper Games
43. Fleischman, Sid. The Entertainer and the Dybbuk.
44. Fleischman, Sid The Trouble Begins at 8: A Life of Mark Twain in the Wild, Wild West
45. Fletcher, Christine Ten Cents a Dance
46. Galante, Cecilia The Patron Saint of Butterflies
47. Gardner, Sally The Red Necklace
48. Geerling, Marjetta Fancy White Trash
49. George, Jessica Day Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow
50. Giff, Patricia Reilly Eleven
51. Gilman, David The Devil’s Breath
52. Godberson, Anna Luxe
53. Golding, Julia The Diamond of Drury Lane
54. Golding, Theresa Martin Niner
55. Gonzalez, Julie Imaginary Enemy
56. Green, John Paper Towns
57. Haddix, Margaret Peterson Uprising
58. Halpern, Julie. Get Well Soon. Feiwel and Friends. 2007. 978-0-312-36795-4 $16.95
59. Harmon, Michael The Last Exit to Normal
60. Harris, Joanne Runemarks
61. Hartnett, Sonya Ghost’s Child
62. Hernandez, David Suckerpunch
63. Hesse, Karen Brooklyn Bridge
64. Heuston, Kimberley The Book of Jude
65. Hijuelos, Oscar Dark Dude
66. Hillstrand, Jonathan, et al Time Bandit: Two Brothers, the Bering Sea, and One of the World's Deadliest Jobs
67. Hooper, Mary Newes from the Dead
68. Hopkins, Ellen Identical
69. Jenkins, A. M. Night Road
70. Jocelyn, Marthe Would You
71. Jordan, Hillary. Mudbound. Algonquin.
72. Juby, Susan. Another Kind of Cowboy.
73. Kadohata, Cynthia Outside Beauty
74. Katcher, Brian Playing with Matches
75. Kennedy, James The Order of Odd-Fish
76. Kephart, Beth House of Dance
77. Kephart, Beth. Undercover.
78. Kibuishi, Kazu Amulet, Book One: The Stonekeeper
79. Kluger, Steve My Most Excellent Year: A Novel of Love, Mary Poppins, and Fenway Park
80. Koertge, Ron Deadville
81. Kolsbun, Ken Peace: The Biography of a Symbol
82. Kuklin, Susan No Choirboy: Murder, Violence and Teenagers on Death Row
83. Lanagan, Margo Tender Morsels
84. Landowne, Youme Pitch Black
85. Le Guin, Ursula K. Lavinia
86. Lecesne, James. Absolute Brightness
87. Les Becquets, Diane Season of Ice
88. Levithan, David How They Met, And Other Stories
89. Lewis, J. Patrick The Brothers' War: Civil War Voices in Verse
90. Link, Kelly Pretty Monsters
91. Little, Melanie The Apprentice's Masterpiece: A Story of Medieval Spain
92. Lockhart, E. The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks
93. Lurie, April The Latent Powers of Dylan Fontaine
94. MacLeod, Doug I'm Being Stalked by a Moonshadow
95. Marchetta, Melina Jellicoe Road
96. Mazer, Norma Fox. The Missing Girl.
97. McMann, Lisa Wake
98. McMullan, Margaret When I Crossed No-Bob
99. McNamee, Graham Bonechiller
100. Meldrum, Christina Madapple
101. Meyer, Stephanie The Host
102. Mitchard, Jacquelyn All We Know of Heaven: A Novel
103. Monniger, Joseph Baby
104. Murphy, Jim. The Real Benedict Arnold.
105. Murphy, Pat. The Wild Girls
106. Myers, Walter Dean. Sunrise Over Fallujah
107. Myracle, Lauren. Bliss
108. Na, An. The Fold.
109. Napoli, Donna Jo. Hush: An Irish Princess' Tale.
110. Napoli, Donna Jo The Smile
111. Nelson, Scott Reynolds. Ain't Nothing But a Man: My Quest to Find the Real John Henry
112. Pearson, Mary E. The Adoration of Jenna Fox.
113. Petrucha, Stefan. Teen, Inc.
114. Porcellino, John Thoreau at Walden
115. Reeve, Philip Here Lies Arthur
116. Reinhardt, Dana How to Build a House
117. Rex, Adam. The True Meaning of Smekday. Hyperion. 2007. 978-0-7868-4900-0 $16.99
118. Rhodes-Courter, Ashley Three Little Words: A Memoir
119. Roe, Monica Thaw
120. Rutkoski, Marie The Cabinet of Wonders: The Kronos Chronicles Book 1
121. Schmidt, Gary Trouble
122. Schumacher, Julie Black Box
123. Scott, Elizabeth Stealing Heaven
124. Selfors, Suzanne Saving Juliet
125. Shaw, Susan. Safe
126. Sheth, Kashmira Keeping Corner
127. Shields, Charles J. I Am Scout: The Biography of Harper Lee
128. Shoup, Barbara Everything You Want
129. Shusterman, Neal Antsy Does Time
130. Skrypuch, Marsha Forchuk Daughter of War
131. Smith, Hope Anita Keeping the Night Watch
132. Smith, Jennifer E. The Comeback Season
133. Smith, Roland. Elephant Run.
134. Stein, Garth The Art of Racing in the Rain
135. Stein, Tammar High Dive
136. Stokes, John A. Students on Strike: Jim Crow, Civil Rights, Brown, and Me
137. Supplee, Suzanne Artichoke's Heart
138. Tamaki, Mariko and Tamaki, Jilliam (Illus.) Skim
139. Taylor, Brooke Undone
140. Townsend, Wendy Lizard Love
141. Tucker, Todd Over and Under
142. Valentine, Jenny Me, the Missing, and the Dead
143. Venkatraman, Padma. Climbing the Stairs.
144. Volponi, Paul Hurricane Song
145. Werlin, Nancy Impossible
146. Whittenberg, Allison Life Is Fine
147. Wood, Don Into the Volcano
148. Woodson, Jacqueline. After Tupac and D Foster.
149. Yoo, Paula. Good Enough.
150. Zarr, Sara. Sweethearts.
151. Ziegler, Jennifer How Not to be Popular

What is Best Books?

The Best Books Committee of YALSA, the Young Adult Library Services Association, a division of ALA, the American Library Association annually selects a list of the best books for teens published in the previous calendar year with books from the last four months of the year prior to that also eligible. Lists as well as the nomination form and policies & procedures can be found at Best Books for Young Adults at the YALSA web site.